MSI MS-14A3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	179% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GS43VR 6RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-14A3 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 13:35
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Memory 60.1 1-Core 80 2-Core 157 56% 99 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 350 39% 306 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% MSI(1462 11C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 73 Parallax 61 53% 66.2 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 72.1 56% 68.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,793 Write 1,001 Mixed 1,339 305% 1,377 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 40.5 132% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 22.5 41% 75.3 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 207%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 118GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 123 123 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 65412 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 210453790754 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	45.5% Average	Read 73.2 Write 85.3 Mixed 76 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB 20,148 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 127 31% 127 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 78%

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI MS-14A3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	90x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	84x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	96x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	42x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	33x

SSD
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	30x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	12x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	8x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	83x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 78%, 1,566 samples	9x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 41%, 5,745 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16